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Author: Nolan Hicks

On this day — ‘The First Word’ says farewell as Rep. Joe Straus starts his campaign for re-election to the Speaker’s chair; speculation continues to mount about a possible Rick Perry bid for the presidency; and a look back at the special session that just came to an end. …

On this day — the House will attempt to muster up the votes to pass the ‘anti-TSA/groping’ bill; the Senate skips down a day before the end of the special session; the sanctuary cities bill is dead; travel reimbursement vouchers from the Governor’s security detail will now be secret for 18 months; a look at how the ‘Tea Party’ reps have had trouble sticking together in Washington; and have you been invited to ‘The Response’ yet? …

On this day — more reaction to Gov. Rick Perry’s non-campaign campaign for the White House; the House and the Senate are expected to return Monday to a pile of work; House Speaker Straus kills the ‘anti-groping bill and calls it a “stunt;” meanwhile delays threaten passage of the sanctuary cities bill; and Joaquin Castro says he’ll challenge Lloyd Doggett. …

On this day — the House and the Senate gear up for a showdown over TWIA; more news on Gov. Rick Perry’s non-campaign-campaign for the Presidency; the ‘sanctuary cities’ ban may not be flying through the House as quickly as previously thought; and Nick Anderson cartoons on Perry’s veto of the texting-while-driving ban. …

On this day — the Senate refuses to go along with the House/Gov. Perry on TWIA reform; another red meat issue for Tea Party activists is added to the special session call; more reaction and reviews of Gov. Rick Perry’s speech in New Orleans; the Governor’s office makes another run at sealing travel records that newspapers have sued for; and in ‘The Clips,’ Amazon takes another run at Texas’ sales tax. …

Gov. Rick Perry announced he had added legislation that would make it illegal for TSA agents to engage in “intrusive touching” at airports security checkpoints without probable cause to the list of items for the legislature to consider during the special session. …

On this day — Reaction from Perry’s speech in New Orleans where the governor looked and sounded like a presidential candidate; Jon Huntsman scores a surprising second place in the RLC’s straw poll; a quick look at the bills Perry vetoed; and Texas’ water woes could begin to slow the state’s population growth. …